Vending device



C. o'. DONNBLL.

' VENQDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19,1907.

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vnnnrnc DEVICE Speccationvof Letters Patent. A,

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed August 19, 1907. .Seria1.No. 389,745.

To all` whom fit may concern:

. :leit linown'that I, .Cassius C. DONELL, a vcitlzen of the UnitedStates of America, .and

resident f DesMoineaPol-k county, lowa,

have invented a neuY 'and useful Vending De-l vice of Which thefollowing is a specification.

y improved means for The object of this invention is to providemerchandise. Myinvention consistsV 1n the construction, arrangement andlcomblnatron `of elements hereinafter set forth, 'pointed out in myyclaims and illustrated bythe accompanying g Idrawing, 1n which- 'Figure1 is a front elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2'is alongitudinalsection of the device.' Fig. 3 isa face view of one part ofthe device Aat one point in its .construction.

In the construction of the device as shown' in Figs, 1, 2 and 3, thenumeral 10 designates a lbase plate, preferably formed of Wood andcovered on its rear face by a lining sheet 11'. A plate 12 is mounted onthe front face of the plate 10. The plate 12 preferably is formed ofcard board, tag board, straw-board or similar material and is lined onopposite faces with sheets of diderent' color, which sheets are shownby-single lines in Fig. 3,`the lining 13 of the front face preferablybeing yellow and the lining-14 of the rear'face preferablv being red,v,On thecentral portion of thve front face lining 13 of the board 12areprinted a plurality of numbers, symbols or indices, preferablyarranged in horizontal rows and A vertical columns as illustrated inFig. 8 vand preferably composed of numerals ranging' from 1 to 100inclusive. The numerals imi printed on the front lining of the board v12p .;,tlie same diameter and can be inserted interthat the customerremar' Whatever.

preferablyare printed in black and are pro- -miscuously arrangedor-mixed Without any regard to order, se .uence or progression The lineVboard or plate 12 is perforated byV cutting out plugs 15 preferably oncircular lines surrounding the numerals, indices or symbols on the frontlining 1 3. Each plug 15 is of a size to carry a symbol,

index or numeral, primarily printed on the' front vlining 1 3, and thelugs are cut from the plate 12 before `said p ate is mounted on theplatev 10. The plate 12 vis then mounted on and cemented to the frontface of the plate 10. The plugs 1-5 are then reversed and inserted inthe holes or perforations in' the plate 12. The plugs preferably are ofin the apertures of the plate With the faces thereofbearing the numbers,symbols or in'- dices tothe rear `and in contact 'With the ,I front faceof the plate 10. This bringsthe red rear faces of the plugs to the frontso that promoting the sale of.

they Will-contrast with the yellow front lining of the plate 12 andconceals the numbers', in-

dices or symbols from view. Then a transe parent sheet-16 preferably ofvery thinpaper,

is mountedon and cemented' to the front face of the lining 13 andextends over and entirely covers all ofthe plugs 15. The sheet 16" eslpreferably is comparatively colorless and of.v t White tissue paper and'is of such character lthat the' redfaced plugs show clearly,

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brightly andprorninently through it.

blank space surrounding the transparent 7g sheet 16 onthe lining 13 maybe employed to display advertising of any character, such as readingmatter descriptive of the goods vended by this device and the directionsfor operating the same; The device may be supported in any desiredmanner and as the sup- A' porting meansforms no part of my present'invention, I have not illustrated the same.

The device above described is used as follows: A customer makes aselection blindly Withoutany guide or suggestion whatever and then bymeans of an edge tool, such as a pocket knife, cuts the transparentsheet 16 on a circular vline at the rim of a'plug and pries out saidplug from its seat. The customer then reads the number on the back ofthe plug which he has removed and pays to the merchant anamountindicated, represented or designated by such number and receives-for suchpayment a portion of merchandise.

For instance, it may be determined that this device be employed to sellcigars of a retail value of ten cents each. ln that event, should acustomer remove the plug bearing the numeral 43, he would pay to themerforgiving premiums in addition to the unitary' device either bymarking the hidden face of a plug in such a marner is C *i dicate Thesetwo instances may titled the premium, es sllovm by tlle me itl plugs illorder tll't the plugs may merel "6 1n El@ 3 or 1n any llellefzl manner,

Sometimes e duplicate number is marked on ee ol the class ele/scribed,an

the lining 1-3 and covered by a gummed seal mperlorete base plete, epeorstted pletemunl of material and eonsldemble w 18 outil such time asthe entire numb-e1 of mouetedtl1ereo11,plugs corresponding inne-k plugshave been .removed from ille dwf ti al eed. thi knees with theperomte-.ct alter which the Seel is broken mil the la: ably nlevunted le'the perleN of the plug n,mnl er l to eorrespm'lfl to tlm g ali/flfilling said iel'lelzttens, number beneath the seul receives e; t sheetoverlying seid plugs le .rexfmfztted ple-te, said ell oe out 1'01 theren'lovel el individl. `ln ad device ol the elzlss dese lle/gl,lmperfol'atejbese plate, e peromtm plate '3 of t 1e elaes deeerberl, anmounted. thereon, plugs removably mountea f luzaee plete, e perlnetedplete Ain uid corresponding in materiel and thick l'lel'eim theperferetene in. the lat- .uess with the perforated plate, the lee-ee elller, olreuleplugs yesaid plugs adjacent the lmperfemte plateerfol'etlens olzx alcoroem' fsymbols, the symbole normally con Kaesewith Seial perlomtetl ze 'exellent 'View by the plugs ed frein lgscorresponding ln. diameter 'View by the imperforate plete, end e the 5a'. @retiens in which they are trlmsperen; sheet overlying saxlplugeaudse mamut-ell, weite faces of 'tl'xe perfol'eterl maxed to theperforated. plete, sheet platte unl pli' s lined with sheets, the fronted'ptecl to be eut coincident with the mstffece ef the plugs and thefront face ofthe pergnsof the plugs. v ,Y ferated plate contrasting asto color, and 2. In a device of theelaes desefbed, an tfenspm'entsheetoverlyng said plugs and lnpel'lomte base plete, :L perforated pletelxed. te seid. perforated plate, seid sheet nlountecl thereel,Perforated lilllmy sheets en edt-,d to lwe eut te;r he removal et' mlmcb1 S um m.,

pposite feces of said perfolatefl plete, plug removably mounted in andcoi. j material and thickness lli per plete, lining sheets plugs, tml etransparent sheet over: plugs :md 'secured to 'tlmg-wfe'eteal therebyeenlim'ng said plugs, seid adapted to beeut coincident with the mel@ASSETS C. lll' NEL! J as il. Queue, e t), SWEET.

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